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A MAGICIAN AMONG THE S P I R I T S

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IN WORSHIPFUL HOMAGE I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED MOTHER IF GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM EVER SENT AN ANGEL UPON EARTH IN HUMAN FORM IT WAS MY MOTHER

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T H E FOUNDERS O F MODERN SPIRITUALISM

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S L A T E W R I T I N G AND O T H E R M E T H O D S

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W H A T Y O U MUST BELIEVE TO B E A SPIRITUALIST .

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M A G I C I A N S AS D E T E C T O R S O F F R A U D

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INTRODUCTION my early career as a mystical entertainer I have been interested in Spiritualism as belonging to the category of mysticism, and as a side line to my own phase of mystery shows I have associated myself with mediums, joining the rank and file and held seances as an independent medium to fathom the truth of it all. At the time I appreciated the fact that I surprised my clients, but while aware of the fact that I was deceiving them I did not see or understand the seriousness of trifling with such sacred sentimentality and the baneful result which inevitably followed. To me it was a lark. I was a mystifier and as such my ambition was being gratified and my love for a mild sensation satisfied. After delving deep I realized the seriousness of it all. As I advanced to riper years of experience I was brought to a realization of the seriousness of trifling with the hallowed reverence which the average human being bestows on the departed, and when I personally became afflicted with similar grief I was chagrined that I should ever have been guilty of such frivolity and for the first time realized that it bordered on crime. As a consequence my own mental attitude became considerably more plastic. I too would have parted gladly with a large share of my earthly possessions for the solace of one word from my loved departedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just one word that I was sure had been genuinely bestowed by themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and so I was brought to a full consciousness of the sacredness of the thought, and became deeply interested to discover if there was a possible reality to FROM

INDEX

INDEX Beadnell, Capt. C. Marsh, 176. Behind the Scenes with Mediums, 79. Belachini, 33, 248, 249. "Bengal Tiger," 19. "Benicia Boy," 19. Bennett, G. W., 200. Benoval, 254. Berol, William, 269. Berry, Catherine, 232. Bewitched Table, The, 263. "Bible Sellers," 222. Bible, Truth a Companion to, 188. Bird, J. Malcolm, 159, 160. Bishop, Washington Irving, 43. Bisson, Juliette, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173. Blavatsky, Mine., 49. "Blind Tom," 256. Bloomfield, Marie, 181. Bonaparte, Napoleon, 12. See also Napoleon. Borderland, 64. Boston Athletic Association, 187. Bottom Facts, 87. Bottom Writing, 79. Boucicault, Dion, 34, 35. Brady, William A., 60. Brewster, Sir David, 42. British College of Psychic Science, 127, 211. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 2. Browning, R. Barrett, 41, 42. Bryant, William Cullen, 42. Buguet, 120, 121. Burns, J., 198, 201.

Academy of Music, New York, 11. "Ackroyd, Jack," 124. Adams, John, 229. Adare, Lord, 47, 273, 274, 480. Albert, Prince, 240. Albus, Remigius, 94. "Alexander, Herr," 249. Alexis, 253. Amazing Seance and an Exposure, 233. Ambler, R. P., 229. American Expeditionary Force, 182. American Magicians, Society of, 259, 260. American, New York, 148, 237. American Red Cross, 188. American Society for Psychical Research, 58. Andrews, 231. "Apport Medium," 238. Arabian Nights, The, 35. Ava, Vera, 78. Bacon, 229. Baggally, Worthy W., 52, 63. Baggley, 169. Bailey, Charles, 238. Baldwin, S. S., 107. Bamberg, David, 259. Bamberg, Theodore, 259. Barlow, Mr., 126. Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 118. Barrett, Oliver R., 145. Barton, Clara, 188. Basch, Ernst, 263. 285

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Burns, Mrs., 231. Burr, Mr., 181. Burton, Richard Francis, 35. Bury, Lord, 34. Bush, Edward, 124. Buxton, Mrs., 123, 124, 131, 132, 133. "Cabinet and rope mystery, Davenport," 21. Cagliostro, 66, 96. Carriere, Eva, 166. Carrington, Hereward, 52, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 159, 160, 263. Carte, d-Oyley, 240. Carter, Capt. R. K., 89, 90. Case for Spirit Photography, The, 197. Catholic Church, 5, 10. Challis, Professor, 51. Chemical News, 199. Chiaia, Professor, 51. Cicero, 72. Circle of Conjurors in London, 164.

"Circle, rules of," 267. Coleman, Arthur, 241. Clark, Earl L , 181. Clarke, Bishop, 42. Cleveland, President, 12. Cockrell, Senator, 4, 71. Colby, Luther, 76. Colley, Archdeacon, 261. Collins, James, 133, 134. Columbine, St. Catherine of, 234. "Common Clay," 256. Communication, 233, 234. Comstock, Ph.D., Daniel Fisk, 159. Conference to the Psychological Studies at Paris, 34. "Confession," Margaret Kane's, 15.

Conjurers, Circle of, 164. Cook, Florence, 184, 203, 204, 241. Cook, Professor Harry, 183, 205. Cormican, S.J., Rev. P. J., 164. Corner, Mrs., 204. Cornyn, John, 182. County Medical Society, 182. Crawford, Lord, 273. Crawford, Dr. W- J., 173, 174, 175, 215. Crewe, 123, 129. Crewe Circle, 197. Croisdale, Miss, 77. Cromwell, Oliver, 232. Crookes, Sir William, 46, 47, 183, 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 266. Cropsey, James, 224. Cross, Judge, 76. Cumberland, Stuart, 26, 144, 147, 149. Curry, Dr., 189. Daily Express, London, 147. Daily Sketch, 143. Daily Telegraph, London, 178. Daily Tribune, Chicago, 78. d'Albe, E. E. Fournier, 166, 174, 175, 216. Dammann, John, 177. "Dark seances," 25. Darling, Justice, 144. Davenport Brothers, The, 17-37, 148, 161, 249, 257. Davenport, Ira Erastus, 17-37, 148, 162, 235, 258. Davenport, Mrs., second, 18. Davenport, Ruben Briggs, 14, 271. Davenport, William Henry Harrison, 17-37. Davis, Andrew Jackson, 117. Davis, W. S., 11, 16, 54, 56, 57, 59,60.

INDEX De Angelus, Jefferson, 224. Dean, Hope, 141. Deland, Margaret, 206. Demis, Dr., 172. Dessenon, M., 121. Devant, 213. De Vega, 129. "Dexterity, physical," 20. Dialectical Society, 160, 200, 201, 202. Dickens, Charles, 19, 229. Didier, Alexis, 250, 251, 254, 255. Dimension, Fourth, 238. Dingwall, Eric, 63, 168, 169, 170, 171. Diss Debar, Ann O'Delia, 39, 66, 69-78, 276. Diss Debar, General, 69, 71. Donkin, Sir Horatio, 80, 81, 82. Donohue, Ex-Judge, 71. Donovan, D. C, 32. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 7, 40, 46, 48, 59, 83, 117, 124, 126, 133, 138-165, 202, 205, 207, 209, 210; 233, 236, 237, 238, 258, 266, 267, 268, 270, 273, 275, 277-280. Doyle, Charles A., 139. "Doyle, Dicky," 139. Doyle, John, 139. Doyle, Kingsley, 237, 238. Doyle, Lady, 139, 147, 150, 152, 157, 158, 160, 161, 233, 278, 279. Dumas, Alexander, 19. Dunraven, Lord, 273. Ectoplasm, 166-179. Eddy Brothers, 233, 234. Eddy, Horatio, 233, 234. Eddy, Mary, 234. Eddy, Warren, 234. Eddy, Webster, 233, 234.

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Eddy, William, 233. Edmonds, Judge John W., 42, 118, 242, 277. Edwin Drood, Mystery of, 229. Ellington, William, 241, 260-263. Encyclopedia, Larousse's, 252. Ernest, B. M. L., 245. Eva, Mile., 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 178. Evening Mail, New York, 208. Evening News, London, 236. Evening Telegram, New York, 164. Evening World, New York, 181. Evidences of Spiritualism, 32. Evils of society, 229. Expeditionary Force, American, 182. Experiments in Psychical Science, 173. Exposure, Amazing Seance and an, 233. Express, Denver, 277, 278, 279.

"Fair play, English," 29. Fallacies of Spiritualism, The, 188. Fay, Annie Eva, 204, 212, 215. Fay, William M., 18, 23, 27, 34. Fechner, 83. Feilding, Hon. Everard, 52, 53, 63, 166, 169, 170, 171, 173. Feilding, Mrs., 166. Fellows, District Attorney, 71. Ferguson, J. B., 26, 28, 31, 148. First Society of Spiritualists, 16. Fish, Mrs., 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9. See also Underhill, Mrs. Fox, John D., 1. Fox, Kate, 1-16. Fox, Margaret, 1-16, 271. See also Kane, Margaret Fox.

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"Fox Sisters, The," 1-16, 38, 39, 110, 141, 203. France, Emperor and Empress of, 43. See also Napoleon. Franklin, Sir John, 4. Fraud, spiritualism a, 10; magicians as detectors of, 244. Fullerton, Geo. S., 83. Fun, London, 41. Funk, Dr., 11. Funk, Isaac K., 275. Furness, Horace Howard, 84, 195. Gardner, Dr., 117. Garfield, President, 187. General Assembly of Spiritualists, 156. Gilchrist, J. B., 131. Glenconner, Lady, 124, 144. Goligher Circle, 173, 174, 175, 176, 216. Goligher, Kathleen, 173, 175, 176, 178. Gow, David, 177. Greeley, Horace, 3. Grossman, George, 144. "Guardian angel," 237. Guiteau, Charles J., 187. Gullots, Vincenzo, 236. Guppy, Mrs., 230, 232, 240. Guzek, Jean, 178. Hackney Spiritualistic Society, 125. Hall, Atlanta, 269. Hamilton, Duke of, 19, 35, 36. "Handcuff King," 211. Handcuff trick, 258. Hare, Professor, 51, 239. Harris, Mrs., 232. Harrison, Will, 12,120. Haselmeyer, 263. Hauffe, Madame, 234.

Hayes, Father, 241. Hazard, Thomas R., 194. Heenan, John C, 19. Heinbeger, Alexander, 249. Henderson, 149. Heredia, Father de, 114. Hermann, Alexander, 71, 248. Herne, 81, 230, 231. Herald, New York, 180. Hertz, Carl, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77. Heuze, Paul, 172, 178. Hicks, Leonard, 145. Hilton, Judge, 71. Hirons, Mabelle, 188. Hodgson, Dr. Richard, 52. Hoffmann, 244, 252, 258. Home, Daniel Dunglas, 38-49, 59, 67, 80, 202, 203, 242, 273, 274, 275. Home's, D. D., Life and Work, 46. Hooker, Dr. Samuel C, 246. Hope, William, 123,124, 129, 130, 131, 132. Houdin, Madame Robert, 255, 278. Houdin, Robert, 33, 36, 249, 251255, 257, 258. "Houdin, Unmasking of Robert," 252. Houdini, 20, 21, 74, 82, 94, 139, 140, 143, 146, 149, 150, 151, 155, 156, 158-160, 167, 168, 174, 176, 211-214, 246, 263, 279, 280. ' Howard, Joseph, 71. Howe, Mr., 76. Hubbell, Dr. J. B., 188. Hughes, John, 29. Hughes, Rupert, 58. "Human clamp," 57. Human nature, 122. Humbuggery, spiritualistic, 12. Humbugs of the world, 118. Hunt, 139.

INDEX Huxley, Professor, 198, 199. Huyler, Mrs., 276. Huylers, The, 275. Hyslop, 133. Inaudi, 257. Incidents of My Life, 41. Infelicity, 19. Influence of the Mind upon the Body, 208. Information, how mediums obtain, 217. Initiation, 229. Intercourse, spirit, 211. International Psyqhical Association, 145. Investigationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wise and Otherwise, 191-216. Irving, Edward, 234. Irving, Sir Henry, 30, 271. Jackson, Laura, 77. Jacobs, E., 33, 34. Jacoby, 34. Jaeger, Oscar, 177. "Jar of Honey," 139. Jastrow, Professor, 58. Johnson, Mrs., 238. Johnson, Sam, 87. Jourman, Maitre, 172. Judgment, Sanhedrim of, 164. Kane, Dr. Elisha Kent, 3, 9. Kane, Margaret Fox, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16. Karcher, Juliet, 160. Keating, Frederick, 160. Kellar, Dean, 21, 28, 136. Kellar, Harry, 84, 85, 86, 87, 195, 223, 224, 225, 244, 247, 262, 263, 266. Kellogg, James L., 54, 55, 56, 57, 58. Key to Theosophy, 49.

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Kidder, 26. King, John, 232. King, Kate, 143, 184, 203, 235. "Kluge Hans," 260. Kluski, P. Frank, 178. Knapp, Gardiner, 79. Kodarz, 238. Krhn, Dr. Monrad, 177. Krotel, Asst. District Attorney, 142. "Lady Wildmere's Fan," 256. Landsfeldt, Countess, 68, 70. Lankester, Sir, 80, 81, 82. Laurillard, Edward, 144. Lawrence, "Dr.," 71. Leadbeater, C. W., 238. Leegaard, Dr., 177. Lehrmann, Granville, 160. Leroy, Jean A., 264. Lescurboura, 160. Levitation, table, 54-57, 71. See also Table lifting. Lewes, George Henry, 198, 199. Lewis, Professor H. Carvill, 261, 262. Leymaire, M., 120. Life, 229. Light, 203, 204, 261, 262. Lights and Shadows of Spiritualism, 41. Lincoln, Abraham, 12. Littlefield, Walter, 63. Liverpool riot, 28. Livingston, 55. Lodge, Raymond, 206. Lodge, Sir Oliver, 51, 145, 147, 205, 206, 207, 208, 266. Loeb, Sophie Irene, 237. "Loftus Troupe," 224. Lombroso, Professor, 51. London Dialectical Society, 198. London, Jack, 229, 237.

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London Magazine, 238. London Psychical College, 166. Lord, Jennie, 234. Louis I of Bavaria, 67. Loyola, 234. Lunn, Sir Henry, 144. Lyon, Daniel Home, 45. Lyon, Jane, 44, 45, 46. Lytton, Sir E. Bulwer, 42. Magicians' Club, 264. Magicians, Society of American, 210, 259. Manning, Husband, 145. Marl, Mile., 172. Marsault, Maitre, 172. Marsh, Luther R., 275. Martinka, Francis J., 263, 264. "Masked Lady," 144, 149. Maskelyne, John Nevil, 80, 81, 204, 213, 244. Mass, Jim, 224, 225. Master Workers, 204. Marriage relations, 229. Man-yat, Captain, 239. Marryat, Florence, 239. Marsh, Luther R., 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76. Martin, Alexander, 133, 134, 135. Martineau, Harriet, 2. McCabe, Joseph, 51, 203, 204, 232, 273, 275. McClure's Magazine, 61. McCormick, Cyrus, 145. McCormick, Muriel, 145. McDougall, Dr. William, 159. McKenzie, J. Hewat, 127, 166, 211, 212, 214, 215. M , Mrs., 183. "Medium and Daybreak," 79, 201, 202, 230, 231, 232. Medium in the mask, the, 144.

Mediums, how they obtain information, 217-228. Memoirs of a Magician, 252. Menken, Adah Isaacs, 19. Messant, Mrs., 69, 70. Miller, Professor Dickinson S., 54, 55, 58. Mitchell, C. R., 125. "Mite, The Widow's," 11, 275. Modern Spiritualism, 41, 79, 120. Monck, Dr., 232. Montez, Lola, 67, 76. Moreland, Beatrice, 256. Morning Post, London, 144, 149. Morritt, Charles, 259. Moses, Rev. Stainton, 120, 122. Mosley, Sidney A., 144, 233. Mumler, Wm. H., 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 136. Munchausen, Baron, 229. "Murphy's button," 144. Myers, F. W. H., 64. Mystery, Torture Cell, 167. Mystery of Edwin Drood, 229. Napoleon I, 242, 243. National Spiritualists Association, 182. "Neck, the tie around the," 22. Neilson, Adelaide, 276. Newcombe, Lawyer, 71. Newcomes, The, 139. Newer Spiritualism, 41. "New Revelation, The," 164, 207. Newton, Mr., 16. New York Press Club Fund, 71. New York State Assembly of Spiritualists, 180. Neyland, Miss, 230. Nichols, Thomas L., 26. Nicol, Catherine, 142. Nielson, Ejner, 177, 178. Northwestern Orient, 229.

INDEX Occult Committee of the Magic Circle, 126. Ochorowiz, Professor, 166. O'Connor, Billy, 264. Olcott, Col. Henry S., 234, 235, 236. Orion, Madame, 226. Other World, 236. Our American Adventures, 7, 141, 163, 164. "Ouija board," 189, 190. Owen, Robert, 42, 51, 160. Oxenford, John, 19. Paine, Thomas, 229. Palladino, Eusapia, 50-65, 141, 142, 192, 233, 264. Papal opposition, 51. "Paradise," 237. Parker, Commodore, 3. Patterson, S. E., 194. Patterson, Sarah, 182. Pecoraro, Nino, 159. Penylan, Wallace, 233. Philip of Neri, St., 234. Phillipi, Mons., 43. Phillips, Watts, 19. "Philosophy, preternatural," 31. Photographers of England, Crewe, 123, 136. Photographic memory, 257. Photography, Case for Spirit, 197. Photography, spirit, 117-137. Pierce, President, 269. Pieron, Professor, 178. Pinetti, 254. Pitcher, Orville, 232. Podmore, Frank, 41, 79, 120, 121. Poe, Edgar Allan, 229. "Poking Them in the Eye," 163. Politikon, 177. Polk, President, 249. Portal, Cochet M., 172.

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Portal, Mme., 172. Popular Mechanics, 145. Post, London, 25. Powell, Ellis, 155. Powell, Evan, 238. Powell, Frederick E., 88, 93, 155, 158. Powers, "occult," 2. Powles, John, 185. "Preternatural philosophy," 31. Price, Harry, 128. Prince, Ph.D., Walter Franklin 159, 160. Psychic Phenomena, Reality of, 173. Psychic Science, British College of, 211. Psychical Association, International, 145. Psychical College, London, 116. Psychical Research, Society of, 41, 52, 53, 124, 163, 168, 173, 177, 196, 252, 258, 261. Psychical Science, Experiments in, 173. Psychological Studies, Conference to the, 34. Punch, 139. Pyne, Warner C , 54, 57. Race, destiny of the, 229. "Rappings," 2. Rasputin, 43. Reade, Charles, 19. Red Cross, American, 188. "Revelation, The New," 164, 202. Revelations of a Spirit Medium, 79. Revue Spirits, 33, 120. Rhys, M., 36. Richet, Professor, 51. Richmond, Dr. C. M., 12. Rickards, Harry, 18.

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Rinn, Joseph F., 54, 57, 61, 145. Robin, Henri, 33. Robinson, William E., 79. Rope-tie, Davenport, 18, 20-24. Rope tricks, 17-37, 114, 258. Rosenthal, Baroness, 68, 70, 78. Rosner, 248. Rule, Margaret, 234. Russia, Czar of, 43, 99, 243. Rymer, Bendigo, 40. Rymer, J. S., 40. Salomen, Editha, 67, 68, 70. Sanhedrim of Judgment, 164. Sargent, John W., 54, 58, 65, 269. Savonarola, 234. Scheibner, 83. Scheldrup, Dr., 177. Scientific American, 158, 160. Scientific American staff, 159. Scofield, Dr. A. T., 143. Scott, Edgar, 57. "Second Sight," 254, 259. "Second sight artists," 259. Sedgwick, Professor, 51. Seeing in the dark, 257, 258. Sellers, Coleman, 85. Seybert Commission, 9, 83-84, 86, 94, 193, 194, 195, 197, 262. Seybert, Henry, 193, 194. Seymour, Mr., 128. Shakespeare, 229. Shireen, 254. Siebert, Frau, 178. "Sir ," 226. Sixth Circle, Spirit of, 229. Slade confession, 95, 99. Slade, Dr. Henry, 30, 79, 80, 101, 195, 196, 260, 262. Slate writing, 79, 84, 101, 260. Society, evils of, 229. Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures, 126.

Society of American Magicians, 54, 88, 210. Society of Spiritualists, 2. Sothern, Edward A., 30. Sphinx, The, 264, 265. "Spirit, disembodied," 2, 6. "Spirit extras," 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133. Spirit intercourse, 211. Spirit manifestations, 1. Spirit photography, 117-137. Spirit Messenger, 229. Spirit states, 79. Spirit world, 2. Spiritual Athenaeum, The, 44. Spiritual children, 271. Spiritual Institution, 231. Spiritual Magazine, 200. Spiritualism, 51, 203, 232, 242. Spiritualism, by-products of, 180. Spiritualism, Fallacies of, 188. Spiritualism, Report on, 198. Spiritualism, Researches in, 184. Spiritualism, The Death Blow to, 14, 271. Spiritualism, the founders of, 1-16. "Spiritualistic Humbugs," 118. Spiritualist Society, 130. Spiritualist, The, 33. Spiritualist, Wanderings of a, 238. Spiritualist, what you must believe to be a, 229. Spiritualists, General Assembly of, 156, 180. Stamislaski, S. D., 178. Stamislawa, 178. Stange, Prof. Frederick, 177. Star, London, 124. Star of Truth, 229. Stead, 145, 146, 239, 267. Stewart, Alvin, 276.

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Stewart, Jessie K., 159. Stokes, Edward S., 71. Stormer, Dr., 177. St. Paul, 76. Stuart, Anna, 239. Subconscious mind, 223. Sun, New York, 77, 78, 156, 157. "Sunset," Alvin Stewart, 276. See also Stewart, Alvin. Swinburne, 19. "Swindle," Fox, 16.

"Tricks, all mediums indulge in," 63. Trollope, T. A., 42. Troup, Dr., 177. Truesdell, John W., 87, 88. Truth, 125, 164, 229. Truth a Companion to the Bible, The, 188. Tuttle, Hudson, 95, 99. Twain, Mark, 229. Tyndall, Professor John, 198,199, 200.

Table levitation, 50, 54, 57, 71. Telegraph, London, 172. Telepathists, 258. Telepathy, 259. Telepathy, Genuine and Fraudulent, 52. That Other World, 43. Theocrat, The, 187. "Theocratic Unity," 77. Theosophical Society, 238. There Is No Death, 185, 239. Thomas Brothers, 147, 148. Thompson, Mrs., 178, 215. Thompsons, the, 144, 145, 146, 150. Thomson, Clarence, 145. Thornton, Jeanette, 279. Thurs, Bergen Vigelius, 181. Tiedemann, Dr. Heinrich, 95, 99. Times, London, 42, 77, 242. Times, New York, 60, 61, 73, 76, 160, 172, 182. Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 145. Times, Washington, D. C, 181. Tomchik, Mme., 166. Tomson, Elizabeth Allen, 159. Torture Cell Mystery, 167. Transcendental Physics, 80. Tribune, Oakland, 149.

Underhill, Mrs., 7, 8, 9. Unmasking of Robert Houdin, The, 252, 257. Valentine, 159, 160. Van Buren, President, 277. Vearnacombe, Mr., 123, 126, 127. Verdier, M., 172. Verley, Cromwell, 200. Von Schrenk-Notzing, Baron, 174, 179. Walker, William, 160, 196, 197. Wallace, Mr., 199. Wanderings of a Spiritualist, The, 40. Weber, Professor, 51, 83. Weekly Dispatch, 273. Weiss, Remigius, 94, 99, 100. Wertheimer, Mr., 95, 98. Wesley, John, 229. Whipple, Sydney B., 278, 279. White, C. H., 229. White, Eliza, 235. Whitefield, John, 229. Widow's Mite and Other Psychic Phenomena, 11, 275. Wilde, Oscar, 229, 256. Wilhelm, I., Kaiser, 248, 249.

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Williams, 81, 230, 231, 232, 241. Wilmann, Karl, 248.

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